{"product_id":"special-operations-forces-and-the-military-working-dog-9781499188806","title":"Special Operations Forces and the Military Working Dog","description":"Dogs have competently served military ventures for over 2500 years. At onetime during WWII, there were nearly 15,000 trained military working dogs in the U.S.inventory serving a broad range of duties from patrolling to delivering messages. Todaythe U.S. military maintains fewer than 1,400 dogs.1 Although historic declines in dogutilization are apparent, today's operational environment clearly begs for an enhancedmilitary working dog capability-particularly with U.S. Special Operations forces.Technology preempted the decline of military working dog usage. During theCold War, the Warsaw Pact's numerical equipment superiority encouraged thedevelopment of equipment and doctrine designed to intercept and kill the enemy indepth in a high intensity conflict. Accordingly, the U.S. military focused on sophisticatedtechnological solutions. The dog as a low-technology system saw little developmentduring this period. As a result, military working dogs had limited use in an era of bipolarsuperpowers and nuclear brinkmanship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-8176489\"\u003eUnited States Army Command and General S\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781499188806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1499188803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS027180\"\u003eMilitary | Special Forces\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43281048535277,"sku":"9781499188806","price":18.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7cea1778-7f93-4967-bd9c-f301bbdc7631.jpg?v=1662267586","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/special-operations-forces-and-the-military-working-dog-9781499188806","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}